This week 170 garment workers in Bangladesh died after the Rana Plaza building collapsed. A few months ago 112 garment workers in Bangladesh died after the Tazreen Fashions garment factory was…
by Justin D'Agostino and Briana Young
On 28 March 2013, Hong Kong gazetted The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill proposes amendments to Hong Kong's Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) to…
and Matthew Lee*
Introduction
Last Wednesday, the international arbitration community in Australia won a significant victory. Indeed, in TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v The Judges of the…
In the case of HKL Group Co Ltd v Rizq International Holdings Pte Ltd the Singapore High Court (the "High Court") has considered whether an arbitration clause in a contract which provided for…
By Justin D'Agostino, Martin Wallace and Yi-Shun Teoh
The Year of the Snake has begun auspiciously for arbitration in Hong Kong, with a recent decision of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ("CFA")…
On 2 November 2012, President Thein Sein approved, after several months of intense debate between Parliament and the Government, Myanmar’s new Foreign Investment Law ('FIL' or 'the Law'). The new…
by Kah Cheong Lye (Partner) and Chuan Tat Yeo (Associate), Norton Rose (Asia) LLP
Like computer programs, the length of time between updates for institutional rules seems to get shorter and shorter…
In International Research Corp PLC v Lufthansa Systems Asia Pacific Pte Ltd [2012] SGHC 226 (per Chan Seng Onn J) (“International Research”), the Singapore High Court addressed the issue of whether…
Arbitration is underpinned by natural justice. Article 18 of the Model Law, enshrining the right of the parties to be treated with equality, and given a full opportunity to present their case, was…
